Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
LA judge denies press access to jury qualification in civil case
By Skyler Romero
L.A. Superior Court Judge Tony Richardson barred press from jury qualification in a UCLA Health discrimination case, citing co...
Class Action
HopSkipDrive settles class action for $1.9M with $694,750 in fees
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
HopSkipDrive agreed to a $1.9 million settlement resolving a class action over a 2023 data breach affecting over 155,000 users...
A federal judge denied a request to enjoin California laws requiring large companies to disclose emissions and climate risks, ...
Uber accused plaintiffs and their attorneys in a major assault case of leaking sealed records to the New York Times, demanding...
Securities
Judge finds likely violation in Allied Gaming shareholder control bid
By Devon Belcher
A federal judge granted Allied Gaming a partial injunction, finding it likely shareholder defendants illegally coordinated a t...
Litigation & Arbitration, California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court opens courthouse door for elder abuse cases
By Craig Anderson
In a unanimous opinion by Justice Leondra R. Kruger, the state's high court held that elder abuse wrongful death claims are n...
Michael McAfee's abrupt departure marks the second resignation from a small-county DA's office in California this month, follo...
Tentative ruling could end wage-and-hour class action against 24 Carrots
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Judge Layne H. Melzer ruled that the plaintiff's Unfair Competition Law allegations lacked specifics on how Labor Code violati...
San Francisco judge sought to improve the world 'with good decisions'
Constitutional Law
Wyoming driver challenges California rideshare residency requirement
By Skyler Romero
A Wyoming man sued California's Public Utilities Commission, alleging the state's residency requirement for rideshare drivers ...
Beginning Sept. 2, Los Angeles County Superior Court will accept appellate briefs via a designated email account, streamlining...
Greenberg Traurig adds longtime Gores Group general counsel to corporate practice
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Joe Awad, who worked for more than two decades at the private equity firm, will split his time between Los Angeles and Orange ...
Labor/Employment
Vietnamese Buddhist nun accuses O.C. abbots of human trafficking, sexual abuse in 20-count suit
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
A Vietnamese Buddhist nun has sued two Orange County abbots and their religious institutions, alleging human trafficking, sexu...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit upholds minimum wage law for detainees
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The 9th Circuit upheld a ruling requiring Geo Group to pay Washington's $16.66 minimum wage to detainees, sparking sharp disse...
Fraud, theft claims to proceed in $450K college admissions consulting dispute
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles judge tentatively overruled some demurrers and sustained others in a lawsuit accusing a college admissions consu...
Couple sues Nationwide, alleging bad faith over Eaton Fire damage
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Tony and Mayra Greer say smoke, ash, and hazardous metal contamination from January's Eaton Fire forced them from their Los An...
Litigation & Arbitration, Government, Constitutional Law
Breyer questions whether Posse Comitatus Act has any remedy
By Craig Anderson
On the last day of a historic bench trial over the 1878 law barring military involvement in civilian law enforcement, Senior U...
Technology
Judge lets OpenAI countersue Musk over 'sham' bid, harassment
By Wisdom Howell
A federal judge allowed OpenAI's counterclaims against Elon Musk over alleged harassment and a sham bid, while dismissing part...
Artists suing Ye over alleged unlicensed use of their music in "Donda" claim he defied discovery orders, delayed sanctions pay...
The law firm, which represents survivors of sexual abuse, already had an office in Calabasas.
The 9th Circuit revived nine trade secret claims in a biotech suit, ruling a federal judge wrongly applied California law to d...
Environmental & Energy
Truck makers sue California over revoked emissions waivers
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Four truck manufacturers sued to exit California emissions agreements, citing Trump-era revocation of federal waivers and a Su...
Judge William Alsup denied Anthropic's bid to pause a major copyright trial over pirated books used to train AI, rejecting cla...
Judge's colleague is a plaintiff, Edison says public entities are liable
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
Judge Laura Seigle disclosed a conflict in the Eaton Fire litigation, as fellow Judge Wendy Chang is a plaintiff. Southern Cal...
Litigation & Arbitration, Government, Constitutional Law
State says Trump turned National Guard, Marines into 'force multiplier' in LA
By Craig Anderson
An attorney representing California told a San Francisco federal judge Tuesday that President Donald Trump's use of federalize...
Labor and employment litigator returns to Fisher Phillips as partner in Irvine office
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Ron Brand has extensive experience in workplace disputes, class actions, and HR counseling, along with deep community ties in ...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
LA county seeks dismissal of fired probation chief's suit
By Skyler Romero
L.A. County seeks dismissal of ex-probation chief Adolfo Gonzales' whistleblower lawsuit, arguing his firing stemmed from not ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Judge sides with StudioCanal in fraud dispute over 'Legend'
By Skyler Romero
StudioCanal won a key ruling in its fraud case over the film "Legend," as a judge confirmed a nearly $5 million arbitration aw...
Judge denies US attorney's bid to drop already-sentenced deputy's case
By Devon Belcher
A federal judge denied the U.S. Attorney's request to dismiss a sentenced deputy's case, ruling it violated separation of powe...
Criminal
Disgraced OC Supervisor must pay $878,000 in restitution
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Kevin Dunn, senior deputy Orange County Counsel, pressed for full restitution of $10.2 million, arguing that Andrew Do knew t...